Sign-post.



M. G. RICHARDSON & E. B. GOOKE.

SIGN POST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1911.:

1,028,279. Patented June 4,1912.

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OHIO, A CORPORATIQN OF OHIO.

SIGN-POST.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that WQ,"1\IILTON C. RICHARD-soN and EUGENE B. COOKE, citizens of the United States of America, andresidents of New Philadelphia, in the county of Tuscarawas and State ofOhio, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Sign- Posts,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates'to signs and par- .ticularly to a guide post signto be employed at the intersection of country, roads, although otheruses may be found for the same.

An objec t of this invention is to provide novel means for retaining twoseries of signs in place in a sign holder, one series of said signsbeing adapted to face one of the Y roads or streets and the other ofsaidseries of signs being adapted to face a road'or street' intersectingthe first mentioned road or street, novel means being provided forretaining the said signs in place.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a sign postcomprising a series of sign holding mediums in. such relation as toretain the signs in interchangeable relation to one another, the saidsigns being 3 readily removable upon releasing the securing meansthereof.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of the sign holder embodying the invention;

Fig! 2 illustrates a perspective view on an enlarged .scale of afragment ofthe .sign

holder shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 illustrates aperspective view on anenlarged scale showingthe parts in a different position of adjustment;Fig. 4 illustrates a perspective view ofa fragment of one of the signholdings post with the securing means applied thereto; and Fig. 5illustrates a perspective view of one of the securing members.

In these drawings 7 denotes a post or up- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented June 4, 1912.

Application filed August 16, 1911. Serial No. 644,395.

right to be hereinafter known as the central post and 8 and 9 denote theend posts, the

saidcentral post being preferably higherthan the end posts in order thatit may contaln direction signs 10 and 11 which will be consulted bypassers-by for ascertaining the direction of travel or the distance. By-

employing signs 10 and 11, attention is directed to the sign holdingpost and. signs tudinally disposed grooves 12 and 13, each of which isin a side of the said post opposite the end posts 8 and 9 respectively,the

said end posts 8 and 9 being also provided with longitudinally disposedgrooves 14 and 15 respectively extending from the tops thereof asuitable distance where th'eyterminate in shoulders designed to supportthe sign sections 16 and'l7 which are freely slidable in the slots ofthe posts.

Each end post has a guard 16' connected to it by a hinge l7,'the ends ofthe said guards remote from the hinges being adapted to lie in closeproximity to the central post 7 Each of the said guards, as will beapparent from an inspection of the drawing,

Figs: 1 and 3, overlies the sign sections and is preferably inengagement with the upper edge of the topmost sign section in thatportion of the sign holder to which it is applied, the said signretaining members being held in position against movement by the hingedarms 18 and 19 which are connected to the metal strap-20 attached to thecentral post, the said arm 18 being pro vided with a slot 21 in orderthat it will receive the reduced end 22 of the arm 19 which reduced end22 contains an aperture 23 for the reception of a lock-member 24: bywhich'the two arms are prevented from movement with relation to eachother, while the lock is in place. Thus a person authorized tomanipulate the sign section may release the sign securing members andchange the signs and after they are properly in position they can belocked in the manner just stated. The invention, therefore, pro- 'videsfor a sign which will be found useful and comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture while at the same time having means to guard againstdismantling of the signs in any way by an unauthorized person;furthermore, the said sign and the parts accompanying it will be foundcomparatively inexpensive as well as eflicient.

We claim 1. A sign comprising a central post and end posts, each ofWhlCh has slots therein for the reception .of sign sections, signsections slidable in the slots, guards movably connected to the endposts and overlying the sign sections, and retaining devices for thesign guards connected to the central post, and means for holding theretaining devices against movement.

2. In a sign holder, a central post and end posts, the said posts havingslots extending longitudinally thereof, sign sections slidable in theslots of the central post andone of the end posts, sign guards pivotallyconnected to each of the end posts and having their ends in proximity tothe central post, a metal strap secured to the central post and armshinged to the strap and extending across the slotted surfaces of thecentral post, and means for securing the ends of the arms together.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

I MILTON C. RICHARDSON.

EUGENE B. COOKE. Witnesses:

CUsTER FR'IBLEY, C. LEONHARD.

